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[Starladder] Season 13 LAN Finals Groupstage – Page 2

well, there is now

but seriously I don’t blame SLTV for choosing a team in belarus over a team not in belarus when their matches start in 12h. Yes, Alliance got shafted. The only way I’d really blame SLTV is if they booked alliances flights like this xd.

i would say it’s their own incompetence

why would u leave it 13 hrs b4 games start to book a flight

like what the hell

I believe Alliance’s first flights got cancelled or something. But I assume it’s at least partly Alliance’s own fault. EG went to Minsk early to do some bootcamp so clearly SL is not just booking everyone’s flights without consulting the teams. If you fly the day before the event something like this might happen.

well, there is now

but seriously I don’t blame SLTV for choosing a team in belarus over a team not in belarus when their matches start in 12h. Yes, Alliance got shafted. The only way I’d really blame SLTV is if they booked alliances flights like this xd.

i would say it’s their own incompetence

why would u leave it 13 hrs b4 games start to book a flight

like what the hell

I believe Alliance’s first flights got cancelled or something. But I assume it’s at least partly Alliance’s own fault. EG went to Minsk early to do some bootcamp so clearly SL is not just booking everyone’s flights without consulting the teams. If you fly the day before the event something like this might happen.

i would say it’s horribly irresponsible.

it’s winter lmfao – that alone should be code for “hmm, let’s be slightly more prepared eh boys?”

I believe he hasn’t worked for them for a while but I don’t really have a source at hand, I just remember him saying that. And yea I believe he was employed by them at some point

I’d say a Russian team is going to win it. PPD’s team has traditionally been weak against European teams, and I just don’t see LGD knowing what to do against popular Western picks such as Pudge. The Chinese don’t play it, spending a ban on it puts you at a disadvantage, and the hero got such a huge improvement that it’s stupid. I think what’s liable to occur is that LGD is going to end up with a ban on it, and that’s going to allow the opponent to pick heroes such as Bat Rider, Earth Spirit, Terrorblade, etc., and that’s going to end them.

The only other team that has a shot, I think, is Secret, as they know how to run Terrorblade, Pudge, Meepo, etc. But no idea where Secret is in terms of skill these days.

Though I’m really not liking a Bo1 format. At least Bo2s should be a given in any type of major tournament.

On January 13 2016 07:27 Azarkon wrote:
Now, to talk about the actual tournament.

I’d say a Russian team is going to win it. PPD’s team has traditionally been weak against European teams, and I just don’t see LGD knowing what to do against popular Western picks such as Pudge. The Chinese don’t play it, spending a ban on it puts you at a disadvantage, and the hero got such a huge improvement that it’s stupid. I think what’s liable to occur is that LGD is going to end up with a ban on it, and that’s going to allow the opponent to pick heroes such as Bat Rider, Earth Spirit, Terrorblade, etc., and that’s going to end them.

The only other team that has a shot, I think, is Secret, as they know how to run Terrorblade, Pudge, Meepo, etc. But no idea where Secret is in terms of skill these days.

If the tournament was longer with more teams, I would disagree heavily on a CIS team winning. I feel like the current meta we see in qualifiers will evolve rapidly away from that style given a long tournament with top teams, and CIS teams are slower to adapt compared to the flexible Secret, EG, VG mid-tournament.

with it being bo1 into single elim bo3. I honestly don’t know or put much stock in the winner. I can see almost half the teams here winning it given this format. I think Secret is probably near the top strictly off of hero pool diversity, and w33 keeping in good form. The advantage of having a Meepo player is still so fucking huge, and in this current pushing meta it has only gotten better.

[Starladder] Season 13 LAN Finals Groupstage – Page 2

well, there is now

but seriously I don’t blame SLTV for choosing a team in belarus over a team not in belarus when their matches start in 12h. Yes, Alliance got shafted. The only way I’d really blame SLTV is if they booked alliances flights like this xd.

i would say it’s their own incompetence

why would u leave it 13 hrs b4 games start to book a flight

like what the hell

I believe Alliance’s first flights got cancelled or something. But I assume it’s at least partly Alliance’s own fault. EG went to Minsk early to do some bootcamp so clearly SL is not just booking everyone’s flights without consulting the teams. If you fly the day before the event something like this might happen.

well, there is now

but seriously I don’t blame SLTV for choosing a team in belarus over a team not in belarus when their matches start in 12h. Yes, Alliance got shafted. The only way I’d really blame SLTV is if they booked alliances flights like this xd.

i would say it’s their own incompetence

why would u leave it 13 hrs b4 games start to book a flight

like what the hell

I believe Alliance’s first flights got cancelled or something. But I assume it’s at least partly Alliance’s own fault. EG went to Minsk early to do some bootcamp so clearly SL is not just booking everyone’s flights without consulting the teams. If you fly the day before the event something like this might happen.

i would say it’s horribly irresponsible.

it’s winter lmfao – that alone should be code for “hmm, let’s be slightly more prepared eh boys?”

I believe he hasn’t worked for them for a while but I don’t really have a source at hand, I just remember him saying that. And yea I believe he was employed by them at some point

I’d say a Russian team is going to win it. PPD’s team has traditionally been weak against European teams, and I just don’t see LGD knowing what to do against popular Western picks such as Pudge. The Chinese don’t play it, spending a ban on it puts you at a disadvantage, and the hero got such a huge improvement that it’s stupid. I think what’s liable to occur is that LGD is going to end up with a ban on it, and that’s going to allow the opponent to pick heroes such as Bat Rider, Earth Spirit, Terrorblade, etc., and that’s going to end them.

The only other team that has a shot, I think, is Secret, as they know how to run Terrorblade, Pudge, Meepo, etc. But no idea where Secret is in terms of skill these days.

Though I’m really not liking a Bo1 format. At least Bo2s should be a given in any type of major tournament.

On January 13 2016 07:27 Azarkon wrote:
Now, to talk about the actual tournament.

I’d say a Russian team is going to win it. PPD’s team has traditionally been weak against European teams, and I just don’t see LGD knowing what to do against popular Western picks such as Pudge. The Chinese don’t play it, spending a ban on it puts you at a disadvantage, and the hero got such a huge improvement that it’s stupid. I think what’s liable to occur is that LGD is going to end up with a ban on it, and that’s going to allow the opponent to pick heroes such as Bat Rider, Earth Spirit, Terrorblade, etc., and that’s going to end them.

The only other team that has a shot, I think, is Secret, as they know how to run Terrorblade, Pudge, Meepo, etc. But no idea where Secret is in terms of skill these days.

If the tournament was longer with more teams, I would disagree heavily on a CIS team winning. I feel like the current meta we see in qualifiers will evolve rapidly away from that style given a long tournament with top teams, and CIS teams are slower to adapt compared to the flexible Secret, EG, VG mid-tournament.

with it being bo1 into single elim bo3. I honestly don’t know or put much stock in the winner. I can see almost half the teams here winning it given this format. I think Secret is probably near the top strictly off of hero pool diversity, and w33 keeping in good form. The advantage of having a Meepo player is still so fucking huge, and in this current pushing meta it has only gotten better.